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Investment in non-residential building construction, January 2024

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, January 2024"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in non-residential construction investment (seasonally adjusted).

This is a map of Canada by province and territory, showing the month-to-month percentage changes for investment in non-residential building construction. Green arrows pointing upward represent an increase, while red arrows pointing downward represent a decrease.

Investment in non-residential construction in January for Canada increased 0.2% compared to December 2023. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 6.9%, Prince Edward Island was down 0.9%, Nova Scotia was up 1.5%, New Brunswick was down 0.0%, Quebec was down 0.3%, Ontario was up 0.8%, Manitoba was up 3.1%, Saskatchewan was up 0.3%, Alberta was up 0.2%, British Columbia was down 1.0%, Yukon was down 2.3%, Northwest Territories was up 5.2%, Nunavut was down 10.4%.

Table 1: Total investment, millions of dollars (seasonally adjusted).

Total investment for Canada was $6,069.0 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $23.0 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $17.9 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $89.8 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $77.1 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,309.2 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,583.4 million, total investment for Manitoba was $190.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $130.3 million, total investment for Alberta was $699.4 million, total investment for British Columbia was $918.6 million, total investment for Yukon was $16.9 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $9.0 million, total investment for Nunavut was $3.7 million.

Figure 2: Investment in non-residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (seasonally adjusted).

Industrial: Market share was 20.9%, total investment totalled $1,268.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.0% or $135.5 million.

Commercial: Market share was 50.9%, total investment totalled $3,090.8 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 3.5% or $110.8 million.

Institutional: Market share was 28.2%, total investment totalled $1,709.3 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.8% or $245.7 million.

Source(s): Table 34-10-0286-01 – Investment in Building Construction.